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| Schwarzbach | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Schwrzbach_Zweibruecken.JPG) The Schwarzbach in Zweibrücken | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Germany |
| States | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Palatinate Forest |
| • elevation | 500 m (1,600 ft) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Confluence with Blies near Einöd |
• coordinates | 49°15′55″N 7°18′26″E / 49.26528°N 7.30722°E |
• elevation | 220 m (720 ft) |
| Length | 50 km (31 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,151 km2 (444 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 10.4 m3/s (370 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Blies→ Saar→ Moselle→ Rhine→ North Sea |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Ramschelbach, Schleifenbächel, Rauschenbach, Dietersbach, Rodalb, Wahlbach, Horn |
| • right | Hahnenseybach, Hundsbächel, Dinkelsbächel, Moosalb, Wallhalb, Wiesbach, Stambach, Schöltenbach, Bombach |
The Schwarzbach is a river in southwestern Germany, left tributary of the Blies. Its source is in the Palatinate Forest, near Trippstadt. It flows through the states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Towns along its course are Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Contwig and Zweibrücken. After 50 km (31 mi), it flows into the Blies in Homburg-Einöd.